10 Wearables From MWC You'll Actually Want

Wearable technology was everywhere at MWC this year. Here's the best of what we saw.

BARCELONA—In addition to new smartphones and tablets, just about every major company at Mobile World Congress had a wearable device to launch this year as well. LG had two new watches, HTC had a VR headset and an activity tracker, and Huawei's entire press conference basically centered around wearable technology. We gathered up everything we saw at the show and edited it down to our 10 favorite wearable devices you should look for in the year ahead.

Android Wear continues to be the dominant operating system among hot new smartwatches, powering both the Huawei Watch and the LG Watch Urbane. But Pebble managed to gather its fair share of the spotlight with the announcement of the Pebble Time Steel, just a week after introducing the Pebble Time. And I'm really excited about the LG Watch Urbane LTE, a cellular-connected watch that runs a nifty operating system that looks more than a little similar to webOS. I didn't get to spend much time with it, but it feels a heck of a lot more intuitive than Android Wear.

Thankfully, companies seem to placing a much bigger emphasis on the look of wearables. As the technology starts to attract a wider, more mainstream audience, it's important that wearables are just as attractive as any other accessory. And I'm happy to report that all of the smartwatches I saw this year are a good deal more attractive that what was on the market a year ago. There's still a long way to go, but in general, the latest crop of wearables definitely looks a lot more ready to wear.

And let's not forget, wearable technology isn't just limited to smartwatches. We saw lots of new VR headsets at the show, including notable additions from HTC and Samsung. Sony has an intriguing SmartEyeglass attachment, and Huawei's TalkBand B2 is part smartwatch, part activity tracker, and part Bluetooth headset (strange, I know, but cool).

With the Apple Watch on the horizon, the wearable activity space is only going to get even hotter. I won't be surprised if we have to increase the size of this list next year. Until then, check out our favorites from MWC 2015 in the slideshow.